Do you ever do something for so long, that one day you think "why am I even doing this?" The initial zeal and original meaning to what you've been doing has faded into the background and forgotten about.
"Watch and pray so that you will not fall into temptation. The spirit is willing, but the body is weak." [Matt. 26:41]
And then that small spark comes into your mind, a whisper to your heart...the Holy Spirit speaking to you, quietly reminding you "remember, this is why I called you".
You have to stop and step back and reevaluate all that you've been doing for so long to really put into perspective what it is that God has set you on course to do.
Go back to the first thing you know for certain the Lord said for you to do. Then ask yourself, "Am I doing this?"
If you're not, don't panic (that's what the enemy wants you to do) - just pick yourself up (let Him help you), brush yourself off, and take that next step forward...often times, that is a step of faith.
I know, it can be scary. The unknown usually is. But I also know, that step is worth taking. I know without a doubt that where I'm going is far better than where I've been.
I can't see where I'm going. I have butterflies in my stomach just thinking about it. I'm not the best navigator, I have to have physical landmarks to be able to know where I need to go, not to mention being directionally challenged in many cases. I take detours to get around road construction only to find myself running into more road construction. But thank God, He's the one navigating this journey, not me.
Therefore, since through God's mercy we have this ministry, we do not lose heart. Rather, we have renounced secret and shameful ways; we do not use deception, nor do we distort the word of God. On the contrary, by setting forth the truth plainly we commend ourselves to every man's conscience in the sight of God. And even if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled to those who are perishing. The god of this age has blinded the minds of unbelievers, so that they cannot see the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God. For we do not preach ourselves, but Jesus Christ as Lord, and ourselves as your servants for Jesus' sake. For God, who said, "Let light shine out of darkness,"made his light shine in our hearts to give us the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Christ.
But we have this treasure in jars of clay to show that this all-surpassing power is from God and not from us. We are hard pressed on every side, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair; persecuted, but not abandoned; struck down, but not destroyed. We always carry around in our body the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also be revealed in our body. For we who are alive are always being given over to death for Jesus' sake, so that his life may be revealed in our mortal body. So then, death is at work in us, but life is at work in you.
It is written: "I believed; therefore I have spoken."With that same spirit of faith we also believe and therefore speak, because we know that the one who raised the Lord Jesus from the dead will also raise us with Jesus and present us with you in his presence. All this is for your benefit, so that the grace that is reaching more and more people may cause thanksgiving to overflow to the glory of God.
Therefore we do not lose heart. Though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day. For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all. So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen. For what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal. [2 Corinthians 4]
"For we walk by faith, not by sight" 2 Corinthians 5:7
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